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Page 6 September 13,1983 Spilyay Tymoo Youngdeer transferring to Aberdeen SpUyay Tymóo photo by Behrend by Donna Behrend Moving from state to state has been a part of BIA s u p e rin te n d e n t M e rritt Youngdeer’s life since he was a child. His father was in the military and his family moved regularly. Such is life with Youngdeer and his family. Youngdeer, who has been su p e rin te n d e n t in W arm Springs for about two years, is transferring to A berdeen, South Dakota to serve as the area’s assistant director for administration. > This new position is not unfam iliar to Y oungdeer. Before com ing to W arm Springs in 1981, Youngdeer worked in the Albequerque area office performing similar duties. However, the Aberdeen area, which covers Nebraska and North and South Dakota, is larger. He explained that North and- South Dakota have the second largest Indian population in the United States. “This move is not one I v o lu n te e r e d f o r , ” s a id Youngdeer. In addition to working with the contracting, fin a n c in g , p e rso n n e l and facilities operations branches, Youngdeer will be working on “special projects.. .the BIA has been going through a lot of audits of contracting,” he said. “This is more specialized, as most of my experience has been in administration. “I guess that’s why they singled me out and asked me to a c c e p t th is a s s ig n m e n t. Indian businesses in focus at conference Los Angeles, California A ugust 30, 1983—Indian enterprises chart new markets for their products and services w ith th e U nited In d ia n D ev elo p m en t A sso ciatio n (UIDA) at its eighth annual “Indian Progress in'Business” or INPRO conference to be held on W ednesday and Thursday, October 19-20, at the new Sheraton Grande H otel in dow nfow n Los Angeles, California. INPRO honors annually the a c h ie v e m e n ts o f In d ia n businesses from “Mom and Pop” shops to tfiulti-million dollar operations. The 1983 program features four current workshops on: C reating Im p o rt/E x p o rt Opportunities, coordinated by Dr. S. Snodey who has more than 25 years’ international trade experience, covers (1) identifying foreign markets, (2) f in a n c in g a n d s e c u rin g payment for exported goods, a n d (3 ) lic e n s in g a n d transporting goods in the world market place. U .S . D e p a r tm e n t o f Commerce Department Daniel J. Young, who heads the Los Angeles commercial services office, leads the team of experts in clu d in g : T ra n s p o rta tio n Training Manager Anthony D o lz; C a ro ly n S can io n , founder of C. Scanlon and Company; Anglo American Aviation Company President Stanley W. Epstein; and Jarad Rassoulli, a consultant with C a rd in a l M an ag em en t C om pany’s Im p o rt/E x p o rt Project. Promoting Yourself to the Olympic Market, kicked off by Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee Vice P resid en t D an G reew ood, seeks to answer: Who are your customers/competitors? What products will customers buy? When do customers need your product? Where do customers but your project? Why do your presentation of UIDA to customers buy your product? discuss increasing Indian And how do customers buy contractor sales through joint your products? These questions venture subcontracting. Joint go back to the basics of v e n t u r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s , merchandizing, i.e., Market the involvement, procedures, and right product for the right price problems will be covered by: in the right place at the right Norm Tippeconni, Bureau of time in the right quantities. All Indian Affairs (BIA) Facilities retail and service-oriented and Engineering, New Mexico; business managers will find Luke Johnson, president of these merchandising techni Luke Johnson Construction, ques useful, as well as those Arizona; Dave Bradley, owner managers seeking Olympic of Bradley Construction, New business and sales promotion Mexico; and Mel Twist, owner strategies. of TeePee Engineering Inc., Tribal Enterprises Entering California. th e W o rld M a rk e tp la c e These workshops will be recognizes the need for careful conducted on both Wednesday c o n sid e ra tio n of m ark et and Thursday, October 19-20, opportunities in arts and crafts, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., so goods export, natural resource conferees can attend two development, retailing, and sessions. The c o n tra c to rs' tourism in broader, even session will not be repeated on global, terms. Among those Thursday afternoon, in order confirm ed to speak are: to allow the American Indian Ruben Norris from the Reno- C ontractors Association of S p a rk s S h o p p in g M a ll, California (AICAC) to hold its Nevada; Ferrel Secakuku of annual meeting during this the Hopi Cultural Center, period. Arizona, Michael Clements UIDA expects some 400 with the Inter-tribal Timber people to attend this year’s Council, Oregon; Michael IN P R O c o n fe re n c e a n d Allison in charge of the Navajo banquet. The $150 fee covers Wool Export Project, Arizona; all workshops and materials, and Willard Ahenekew of business opportunity tours, a Saskatchewan Indian Arts and luncheon, and the banquet. For m ore in fo rm a tio n a b o u t Crafts, Canada. Increasing Sales for Indian INPRO/ 83, contact Confe C o n tracto rs is a special rence Coordinator Suzanne Johnson at (213) 483-1460. Evidently, they have a need in that particular area and they felt I could help them out.” Being part of the bureau team takes dedication and initiative. “The BIA appeals to your commitment and they ask you to do your part. It’s an honor” to be asked to transfer, said Youngdeer. Youngdeer said that “it won’t be any different in A berdeen th an in W arm Springs.” It’s the staff, he said, that gets things done. “I hope to instill in them pride and motivation, set an example and p ro v id e le a d e rs h ip a n d direction” for the staff. “I looked at coming to Warm Springs as an honor because Warm Springs has a good reputation in the bureau in working together with the b u re a u ,” said Youngdeer. ‘‘T h a t r e l a t i o n s h i p is sometimes hard to find; . .and knowing the Tribe expects high quality, it was an honor to be recom m ended for the position. “What I set out to do when I came to Warm Springs was to try to gain the staffs respect and introduce my philosophy and authority,” said Young deer. “The two are the same and that made my job very easy. We all (Tribal Council, management and the bureau) worked together in solving problems.” A few of the projects that Youngdeer and the bureau staff have been involved with during the past two years include getting the IM PL funds allocation straightened out, justification for the Warm S prings ja il re n o v a tio n , evaluation of the fair market price of timber, completion of the 10-year forest management plan, clearing up the IIM. b a c k lo g o f w o rk a n d clarification and improvement of the Burns relationship with W a rm S p r in g s . “ T h e se accomplishments were not done by myself alone,” said Youngdeer. “Thé entire staff was involved.” Youngdeer said his orders will be effective October 2. Tribal Council chairman Zane Jackson, Larry Calica and a representative from Burns will meet with Area Director Stanley Speaks to select a new Warm Springs superintendent as soon as possible. Youngdeer will assume his new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s in Aberdeen on October 11. Title IV Part A meeting A public Title IV Part A, Indian Education meeting will be held at the Warm Springs Community Center in the Adult Learning Center on Tuesday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: a report on the summer camp; an election of two high school students as members on the committee and the 1982-83 evaluation report presented by Steve Nelson of Northwest Regional Lab. Booklet explains PNB changes “For Your Information,” a fact book explaining the changes in the telecommunica tions industry as a result of d iv e stitu re an d ch an g in g federal policy, is now available from Pacific Northwest Bell. “The restructuring of the Bell System is the most sweeping change in the history of American business and will affect virtually every one of us in some way,” said Glenn Kennedy, PNB community affairs manager. Kennedy said the booklet is intended to be a handy reference source to help customers understand how the telephone industry will change over the next several months. To order the fact book, call PNB’s toll-free information number, 1-800-555-5000. Spilyay Tymoò photo by Behrend BIG RED Norma Jackson recently discovered this huge tomato on what she thought was a barren plant. Upon digging into the foliage she found this “Big Red" which measured nearly five inches across and weighed in at one pound, 11 ounces. The plant was one o f four plants given Jackson by Edie Barton. The secret to the huge tomato? A little commercial chicken manure, lots of water and plenty of sunshine..
